DEI, Wokeness, and the Future of Art — Jan Swafford

In this conversation with composer and biographer Jan Swafford, we examine the growing role of DEI and “wokeness” in shaping the arts — and the consequences for music.Are artistic standards being replaced by ideology? What happens when politics begins to define value in art?A conversation on music, culture, and what ultimately endures.—Jan Swafford is a composer and the author of acclaimed biographies of Yves, Beethoven, Mozart, and Brahms, widely regarded as among the leading modern studies of these composers.